The Non-Fundamentality of Spacetime

ISBN-13: 9781032518336 / Twarda / 2023 / 256 str.

Germany) Salimkhani Kian (University of Cologne

Opis

This book argues that our current best theories of fundamental physics are best interpreted as positing spacetime as non-fundamental. It is written in accessible language and largely avoids mathematical technicalities by instead focusing on the key metaphysical and foundational lessons for the fundamentality of spacetime.

Recenzje

"This book combines novel, breakthrough contributions with insightful overviews of the state of the art in the foundations of spacetime."

Vera Matarese, University of Bern, Switzerland

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Fundamentality 3. Spacetime in Relativity Theory 4. Classical ‘Spin-2’ Gravity 5. Spacetime in Quantum Gravity 6. Unification 7. Conclusion Appendix: More Detailed Calculations 

O autorze

Kian Salimkhani is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Cologne, Germany, and a member of the DFG research group “Inductive Metaphysics”. He mainly works on philosophy of physics, metaphysics, and general philosophy of science.